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OnStar 413
services. Service involving location
information about the vehicle cannot
work unless GPS signals are
available, unobstructed, and
compatible with the OnStar
hardware. OnStar services may not
work if the OnStar equipment is not
properly installed or it has not been
properly maintained. If equipment or
software is added, connected,
or modified, OnStar services may
not work. Other problems beyond
the control of OnStar—such as
hills, tall buildings, tunnels, weather,
electrical system design and
architecture of the vehicle, damage
to the vehicle in a crash, or wireless
phone network congestion or
jamming —may prevent service.
See Radio Frequency Statement
0 402.
Services for People with
Disabilities
Advisors provide services to help
with physical disabilities and
medical conditions. Press
Qto help:
. Locate a gas station with an
attendant to pump gas.
. Find a hotel, restaurant, etc.,
that meets accessibility needs.
. Provide directions to the closest
hospital or pharmacy in urgent
situations.
TTY Users
OnStar has the ability to
communicate to deaf,
hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired
customers while in the vehicle. The
available dealer-installed TTY
system can provide in-vehicle
access to all OnStar services,
except Virtual Advisor and OnStar
Turn-by-Turn Navigation.
OnStar Personal Identification
Number (PIN)
A PIN is needed to access some
OnStar services. The PIN will need
to be changed the first time when
speaking with an Advisor. To change the OnStar PIN, contact an
OnStar Advisor by pressing
Qor
calling 1-888-4ONSTAR.
Warranty
OnStar equipment may be
warranted as part of the vehicle
warranty.
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed to
respond in multiple languages.
Press
Qand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,
Spanish, and French. Available
languages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform Remote
Door Unlock or Stolen Vehicle
Assistance after the vehicle has
been off continuously for 10 days
without an ignition cycle. If the
vehicle has not been started for
10 days, OnStar can contact
Roadside Assistance or a locksmith
to help gain access to the vehicle.
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Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 188
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 332
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 202
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 236
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 233
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 188
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 210, 212
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 57
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 33, 35
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 326
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 177
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 255
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 257
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 149
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 107
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 180
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 148
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Rearview Mirrors (cont'd)Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 360
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33, 35
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 403
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 391
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 403
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 398
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Seat Belts (cont'd)
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 86
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 84
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 69
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 65
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 64
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 117, 118
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Security (cont'd)Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 282
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 387
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 388
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 398
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 254
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Special Application Services . . . . 381
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 121
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 405
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 395
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 53Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
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Tires (cont'd)Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331, 332
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 334
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 333
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Terminology and Definitions . . 328
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 343
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 263
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 263
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 360
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Towing (cont'd)
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 277
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 277
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 290, 293
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 342
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 170Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Universal Remote System (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 388
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143